In this section:

License Server Workflow

License Server enables you to manage licenses for Parasoft products deployed to your network. Upload the product licenses you received from Parasoft to License Server. and when a tool requests a license, License Server will provide a license token if one is available. You can restrict and allocate license tokens as necessary.

Tool Licenses

The Tool Licenses screen shows the license tokens currently available and consumed by connect tools. You can add or remove licenses, as well as view details about the licenses currently installed.

Understanding License Information

The Tool Licenses screen shows the following information:

• Tools that are licensed
• License status
• License Server machine ID
• License expiration date
• Number of tokens permitted by the license
• Number of tokens currently available

You can use the search bar to find the license for a specific tool, as well as click on a column header to sort the table.

You can also click on a link in the Tool column to view details about the specific license for the tool. The License Details includes the features enabled with the license.

Adding Licenses

Starting with 2021.1, two types of licenses are supported. The v2 license enables License Server to serve license tokens to connected Parasoft tools version 2021.1 and later, whereas the v1 license supports Parasoft tools 2020.2 and older. You can add both versions to License Server from this screen.

1. Click Add License and choose either Paste or Upload when prompted.
   
   
   1. The Paste option is for adding v1 licenses. Copy the license password string sent to you by your Parasoft representative into the field provided. 
   2. The Upload option is for adding v2 licenses. Click Browse and navigate to the license file sent to you by your Parasoft representative. 
2. Click Add when finished.

Removing Licenses

Click on the trash icon and confirm that you want to remove the license when prompted. 

Server License

The Server License screen is an interface for adding a v2 License Server license. Starting with condition 2021.1, a separate license is required to issue license tokens to connected Parasoft tools version 2021.1 and later. You do not need to configure the settings on this screen if the tools requesting licenses are 2020.2 and older. 

You can either connect to a remote instance of License Server to obtain a license or use a local license file.

Configuring a Remote License

1. Specify the hostname, port, context path (if applicable), and user credentials in fields provided.
2. Click Test Connection to validate the fields were entered correctly.
3. Click Save.

Configuring a Local License

Contact your Parasoft representative to obtain a local license file.

1. Click Browse and locate the license file.
2. Specify the email address and secret associated with your license. Contact your Parasoft administrator if you need assistance.
3. Click Save.

License Server Administration

You can access addition configuration options and administration settings by choosing License Server Administration from the Additional Settings menu. 

Refer to the following sections for details on how to use License Server Administration:

• Choose Manage Licenses to access functionality for updating licenses served from License Server. See Managing Licenses. 
• Choose License Summary for an overview of the license tokens that are currently being served to tools that have requested licenses. See Viewing License Statistics.
• Choose Manage Groups to create and manage filters that determine access to license tokens. See Filtering by Group.
• Choose View Supported Tools to show which tools and version are supported by your installation.

• Choose View Access Logs to view the License Server access logs. 

• Choose Tool Usage to access the tools usage API documentation . See Viewing Tool License Usage.